{"id":24260,"date":"2021-05-05T11:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=24260"},"modified":"2021-05-05T19:18:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T23:18:18","slug":"lost-in-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/lost-in-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost In Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Until somebody far cleverer than me takes the time to post something meaningful and thought-provoking, I intend to continue clogging the RTH pipes with meaningless drivel and pointless fun and games \u2014 like this post, in which I\u2019ve taken the liberty of running some easily identifiable lyrical snippets through online translators thusly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

English > Afrikaans > Albanian > Amharic > Basque > English<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your job is simple:  deduce what the original lyric actually says.  Here we go:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Motorhead: If you want to bet, I’ll tell you I’m your husband – they win, they lose, it’s the same for me<\/li>
  2. Beatles: Keep your head up, relax and swim<\/li>
  3. Girl, you found me. You found me so I don\u2019t know what to do<\/li>
  4. There is a back seat now, my lover is always covered and I will talk until my dad speaks<\/li>
  5. Elvis Costello: Oh girl, it\u2019s fun to watch after so much, and I realize you weren\u2019t surprised by how you look<\/li>
  6. He\u2019s like me, he\u2019s like me and we\u2019re all together<\/li>
  7. ZZ Top: Get up, go down, take the word, my way, I don\u2019t ask for much<\/li>
  8. Prince: If you want to kiss me and your photo, browse<\/li>
  9. Dylan: How many steps does it take for someone to call?<\/li>
  10. I get up and nothing falls on me. If you have any difficulties, I have seen the most difficult ones in the area<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I look forward to your responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    HVB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Until somebody far cleverer than me takes the time to post something meaningful and thought-provoking, I intend to continue clogging the RTH pipes with meaningless drivel and pointless fun and games \u2014 like this post, in which I\u2019ve taken the liberty of running some easily identifiable lyrical snippets through online translators thusly: English > Afrikaans […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}